RANKING RULES STARTING WITH 2020

Quick to recover from a system which worked less than satisfactory in 2019, the ATP first brought back points for ITF level events in August 2019, then made a series of modifications to the lower ranked events. They also added CHAL 50 and ATP CUP, to create a more well structured system for the new decade.

SYSTEM SPAN: 52-WEEK ROLLING SYSTEM [Tournaments counted for each player drop out of their breakdown 52 weeks after they enter the system]

SYSTEM TYPE: CATEGORY BASED [Tournaments have different point weights according to the type of tournament a player has entered. The higher category, the more points scored]

POINTS: ADDITIVE [Players receive points according to the round they are eliminated in. These points are added and players are ordered according to their total points]

TOURNAMENTS: BEST 18 [Only the best 18 tournaments results can be counted.]

BASE RULES

The 2020 system allows players to count their best 18 results and form a point total. Players are ordered according to this total. In addition, players are allowed to count the ATP Tour Finals and the ATP Cup as extra results beyond 18.

All tournaments are counted immediately after they are finished (on the upcoming Monday). Exceptions to this rule are ITF World Tour tournaments which are counted one week later. Once into the system, tournaments remain counted for 52 weeks. ATP Tour Finals drop on the Monday after the final regular calendar tournament of the year.

The rankings are published every Monday of the year. Exception to this rule are the mid-Mondays of tournaments lasting for more than one week: Grand Slams, Indian Wells and Miami tournaments.

A commitment player is defined as a player who has finished in the Top 30 at the year end rankings of the previous season.

All players must count all 4 Grand Slams and 8 Mandatory Masters for which they are a direct acceptance on the original acceptance list as well as their other 6 best results from all other tournaments.

If the player is not part of the original main draw acceptance list of a mandatory event and decides to not participate before the draw is released, they may count an extra non-Mandatory event.

In weeks in which a player does not have the mandatory 12 events, he is allowed to count extra non-Mandatory events to a total of 18.

Once a player becomes part of the main draw of any of the 12 Mandatory events, either as a qualifier, lucky loser, direct acceptance, special exempt or wild card, that tournament counts for his rankings, so any late withdrawal will be a 0-point penalty.

COMMITMENT PLAYER RULES

Late withdrawals from ATP World Tour 500 events shall result in a 0-point penalty. Commitment players must play 4 ATP World Tour 500 tournaments across a calendar year, one of which must be played after the US Open. Failure to do so, will result in 0-point penalties for all missing tournaments.

NON-COMMITMENT PLAYER RULES

Late withdrawals from ATP World Tour 500 events shall result in a 0-point penalty.

TIES

When two or more players have the same number of points, ties shall be broken with the following rules:

Total points from all Grand Slams, ATP Tour Masters 1000 Mandatory tournaments and ATP Tour Finals main draws, and if still tied, then,

The fewest events played (all penalties count as a played tournament), and if still tied, then

The total number of points from the players' best tournament, then, if needed, the second best, and so on.

ATP 1000 MASTERS EXEMPTIONS

Rankings-wise, players are exempt from playing up to 3 ATP 1000 Masters if they fulfill any of the following:

Players have reached the age of 30 at January 1 of the current year.

Players have fulfilled 12 years of service (first year of service is the first year in which a player has participated in 12 tournaments offering ranking points).

Each of the items from the above exempts a player from an ATP 1000 Masters event. Players are not allowed to skip a tournament which they had withdrawn from at the previous edition without playing any match.

POINTS

Players are given points according to the round they lose in and the tournament's category.

Players reaching the second or any round of a tournament by drawing a Bye shall receive first round points if they lose in the first round they play in.

Players who enter a tournament by means of a Wild Card shall receive 0 points in the first round they play in.

The table below shows the point distribution for tournament category, tournament main draw and qualifying draw sizes and round. The colors in this table are the same used inside the Ranking tables from this site on ranking weeks where this system applies.

FINALS>>>

MD

3RRW

2RRW

1RRW

3RRF

2RRF

1RRF

3RR

2RR

1RR

0RR

ATP FINALS

8

1500

1300

1100

1000

800

600

600

400

200

0

CATEGORY

MD

QD

W

F

3RD

SF

QF

R16

R32

R64

R128

Q

QR3

QR2

QR1

GRAND SLAM

128

128

2000

1200

720

360

180

90

45

10

25

16

8

0

ATP 1000

128

64

1000

600

360

180

90

45

25

10

16

8

0

ATP 1000

64

32

1000

600

360

180

90

45

10

25

16

0

ATP OPT 1000

64

32

1000

600

360

180

90

45

10

25

16

0

ATP 500

64

32

500

300

180

90

45

20

0

10

4

0

ATP 500

32

16

500

300

180

90

45

0

20

10

0

ATP 250

64

32/16

250

150

90

45

20

10

0

5

3

0

ATP 250

32

16

250

150

90

45

20

0

12

6

0

CHAL 125

48

4

125

75

45

25

10

5

0

1

CHAL 110

48

4

110

65

40

20

9

5

0

1

CHAL 100

48

4

100

60

35

18

8

5

0

1

CHAL 90

48

4

90

55

33

17

8

5

0

1

CHAL 80

48

4

80

48

29

15

7

4

0

1

CHAL 50

32

24

50

30

15

7

4

0

1

ITF M25+H

32

Any

20

12

6

3

1

0

ITF M25

32

Any

20

12

6

3

1

0

ITF M15+H

32

Any

10

6

4

2

1

0

ITF M15

32

Any

10

6

4

2

1

0

ATP CUP

Points in the ATP Cup (team based event played in a format similar to the defunct TEAM CUP) are awarded relative to the ranking of the defeated opponent, ranking of the player receiving the points and the round the tie/match is played in. Ranking is considered from the Monday preceding the tournament.

Follow the table below for the values for points granted to players that are ranked 1-300:

OPPONENT>>>

1-10

11-20

21-30

31-50

51-100

101+

ROUND

F

250

200

150

105

75

50

SF

180

140

105

75

50

35

QF

120

100

75

50

35

25

RR

75

65

50

35

25

20

Follow the table below for the values for points granted to players that are ranked 301+. This table also applies to ties/matches that have been won through a Walkover:

OPPONENT>>>

1-100

101+

ROUND

F

65

55

SF

55

35

QF

35

25

RR

25

15

If none of the matches of a tie are played, no point is awarded for the matches forming part of it.